Faithful to uncertain clarity

Poke

I have observed that when you find yourself in a situation where you can’t do anything, you either cry, or you simply burst into a loud laughter.

Today i sat in front of Tv, looking for a change. A drama highlighting the inner politics of a household was on air and two women were exchanging harsh sentences with da da da dun sort of playback music at the back to make the situation more grave. Now, you believe it or not, I bet that a pure Pakistani can’t ignore a fight. Whether it’s a fight in the office, in bazar, in a talk-show or drama, the curiosity compels us to leave our agendas aside and cherish the golden moments. Anyways, i was quite indulged in the drama that suddenly commercials replaced the enthralling performance. I appreciated the timing of transmission managers for bringing on the commercials at the maximum viewership moment. Usually i like commercials also. They are creative and often their punch lines are so catchy that even 60 years old kids got infected by their virus. This virus makes you hum the tone of a particular commercial all the day 😉 And their is no way out until you come across a better alternative.

I was expecting some good entertainment but to my utter disappointment appeared the face of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on the television. He looked into my eyes and said that his poor brothers and sisters are suffering and if there is any time to help Pakistan it is now. I burst into a hilarious laughter though i should have wept.

I really appreciate any small gesture that earns some relief for the people who are in distress at the moment but seeing son of the richest person in Pakistan begging local and foreign aid for his poor brothers and sisters (that is what he said) on public Tv channel in a really impressive british accent triggered a question in my mind.

If he really cares, which i am sure he does not, what the hell is he doing himself? Why doesn’t he let his own money loose? unfortunately he is just using the name of people in distress as an opportunity to broadcast a free campaign of his sympathetic and caring nature on the public TV.

How can a foreign donor be moved by the pleas of a richest person in the country, when he is not doing enough himself, for his own people whom he has also declared his poor brothers and sisters?

I don’t know whether my fellow countrymen think on these lines or not but i really wish that at least they should not ignore such matters which may affect their future.

When our pot bellied politicians babble about the endless problems that our sweet country is facing; and how they can’t sleep at night because they keep rubbing their ass to find solutions for these puzzles that were actually handed over to them by the previous governments, I feel that they are giving an impression as if few kids are playing with jig-saw puzzles and the code of the game is to disorder the pieces in the best possible way before challenging some one to arrange the in order. Or maybe the kids don’t have enough capabilities to solve the puzzle so they follow the easy way to blame the challenger for handing them nearly an impossible task.

i observe that some of these politicians are so good at acting that they can be awarded Oscars. I am not undermining the art of those actors who win this honorable achievement with their tireless hard work and powerful connections, in fact i am sure that if they find a chance to see some performances by our political heroes they’ll happily surrender to their abilities in the trade though some of the worthy eggs even lack the meager artistry of giving an impression that they really care.

Do we all, notice these things? or we are lost in a dream which is so occupying that we don’t want to open our eyes.